NoneSocial media users are misrepresenting a report released Thursday by the Justice Department inspector general's office, falsely claiming that it's proof the FBI orchestrated the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The watchdog report examined a number of areas, including whether major intelligence failures preceded the riot and whether the FBI in some way provoked the violence. Claims spreading online focus on the report's finding that 26 FBI informants were in Washington for election-related protests on Jan. 6, including three who had been tasked with traveling to the city to report on others who were potentially planning to attend the events. Although 17 of those informants either entered the Capitol or a restricted area around the building during the riot, none of the 26 total informants were authorized to do so by the bureau, according to the report. Nor were they authorized to otherwise break the law or encourage others to do so. Here's a closer look at the facts. CLAIM: A December 2024 report released by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General is proof that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a setup by the FBI. THE FACTS: That's false. The report found that no undercover FBI employees were at the riot on Jan. 6 and that none of the bureau's informants were authorized to participate. Informants, also known as confidential human sources, work with the FBI to provide information, but are not on the bureau’s payroll. Undercover agents are employed by the FBI. According to the report, 26 informants were in Washington on Jan. 6 in connection with the day's events. FBI field offices only informed the Washington Field Office or FBI headquarters of five informants that were to be in the field on Jan. 6. Of the total 26 informants, four entered the Capitol during the riot and an additional 13 entered a restricted area around the Capitol. But none were authorized to do so by the FBI, nor were they given permission to break other laws or encourage others to do the same. The remaining nine informants did not engage in any illegal activities. None of the 17 informants who entered the Capitol or surrounding restricted area have been prosecuted, the report says. A footnote states that after reviewing a draft of the report, the U.S. attorney's office in Washington said that it “generally has not charged those individuals whose only crime on January 6, 2021 was to enter restricted grounds surrounding the Capitol, which has resulted in the Office declining to charge hundreds of individuals; and we have treated the CHSs consistent with this approach.” The assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office's counterterrorism division told the inspector general's office that he “denied a request from an FBI office to have an undercover employee engage in investigative activity on January 6.” He, along with then-Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven D'Antuono, said that FBI policy prohibits undercover employees at First Amendment-protected events without investigative authority. Many social media users drew false conclusions from the report's findings. “JANUARY 6th WAS A SETUP!" reads one X post that had received more than 11,400 likes and shares as of Friday. “New inspector general report shows that 26 FBI/DOJ confidential sources were in the crowd on January 6th, and some of them went into the Capitol and restricted areas. Is it a coincidence that Wray put in his resignation notice yesterday? TREASON!” The mention of Wray's resignation refers to FBI Director Christopher Wray's announcement Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term in January. Other users highlighted the fact that there were 26 FBI informants in Washington on Jan. 6, but omitted key information about the findings of the report. These claims echo a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republicans in Congress that the FBI played a role in instigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters determined to overturn Republican Donald Trump's 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden stormed the Capitol in a violent clash with police. The report knocks that theory down. Wray called such theories “ludicrous” at a congressional hearing last year. Asked for comment on the false claims spreading online, Stephanie Logan, a spokesperson for the inspector general’s office, pointed The Associated Press to a press release about the report. In addition to its findings about the the FBI's involvement on Jan. 6, the report said that the FBI, in an action its now-deputy director described as a “basic step that was missed,” failed to canvass informants across all 56 of its field offices for any relevant intelligence ahead of time. That was a step, the report concluded, “that could have helped the FBI and its law enforcement partners with their preparations in advance of January 6.” However, it did credit the bureau for preparing for the possibility of violence and for trying to identify known “domestic terrorism subjects” who planned to come to Washington that day. The FBI said in a letter responding to the report that it accepts the inspection general’s recommendation “regarding potential process improvements for future events.” — Find AP Fact Checks here: https://apnews.com/APFactCheck .

Cam Akers reached down in front of him to scoop a sinking pass from Sam Darnold, bringing it into his body as he tumbled backwards. As he did, two words ran through his mind: game over. Akers’ late catch, which came with less than two minutes left in the game on a third-and-2 pass, sealed a 27-25 win for the Vikings over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon in a game at U.S. Bank Stadium that got tight late. ADVERTISEMENT “I’m blessed,” Akers said. “On my journey from where I’ve come from, to be able to be in there, crunch time, fourth quarter, the coaches trust me, the team trusts me,” Akers said. “I’m blessed.” It’s been a long journey for the running back, who has dealt with two serious Achilles injuries in previous seasons. But Akers, now in his second stint with the Vikings, has rewarded the coaching staff for its faith in him. He also caught a 9-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter, one which ended up proving the difference in the win. His opportunities on Sunday came in part because Aaron Jones took a shot to the quad earlier in the game, which he played through before watching the end of the game from the sidelines. His last carry in the game came near the end of the third quarter. “Coach was like, ‘Hey, we’re going to hold you for a little bit,’ but I was good,” Jones said. “I kept warm just in case they needed me. Kept my helmet on.” They didn’t wind up needing him, thanks in large part to Akers. “Cam has something inside him that allowed him to push through the adversity of what’s happened to him over the course of his career,” coach Kevin O’Connell said. “His teammates were probably the most excited all season when Cam scored on that screen and then obviously the catch late. He just brings something. He brings physicality. He brings a level of mental and physical toughness that I think makes us all better.” ADVERTISEMENT Darnold aired it out and found his receiver, on the run, open in the end zone. It wasn’t Justin Jefferson, nor Jordan Addison, but Jalen Nailor, who hauled in the 31-yard pass for the Vikings’ first touchdown of the game. “I just had a post route. I’ve seen the far safety. He wasn’t there,” Nailor said. “I just took off running as fast as I could and Sam found me.” Darnold found Nailor a season-high five times on Sunday. He finished the day with 81 yards, also a season-high, and his touchdown was his first in more than a month, with the last one coming in the Vikings’ Nov. 24 win over the Bears. “It just felt good to be out there, just help the team win,” Nailor said. “That’s all I’m trying to do.” Will Reichard’s first field goal attempt Sunday hit the crossbar. The rookie kicker missed a 55-yard attempt near the end of the first half, but a Green Bay penalty negated his miss and a subsequent Packers’ timeout took away a 50-yard make. He then connected from 50 yards to send the Vikings into halftime up 10. His last field goal attempt of the day went off the left upright from 43 yards. But despite a shaky day, O’Connell’s confidence in the 23-year-old, who also converted on a short kick in the second quarter, hasn’t wavered. ADVERTISEMENT “I just told him, ‘Hey, next one’s going to be the best one.’ My confidence in Will is sky high,” O’Connell said of Reichard. “If we think we’re anywhere near the range, I’m going to give him the swing. He’s a phenomenal kid, great makeup. The next kick’s going to be his best kick.” ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .

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NoneWinning the 2024 election didn’t just return Donald Trump to power. It also allowed him to dodge multiple criminal cases . And while his unofficial vice president , Elon Musk, didn’t need a Trump win to stay out of jail—at least under any existing charges—the victory likely freed Musk and his companies from regulatory oversight. That’s an exceedingly lucky break for Musk, currently being scrutinized by multiple government agencies for everything from his inflated claims about self-driving Tesla cars to his SpaceX rocket launches polluting wetlands to his purchase of social media platform X—just to name a few. To be perfectly fair, Trump’s victory means a far friendlier atmosphere for all greedy billionaires who hate regulations, not just Musk personally. But Musk is the one sitting next to Trump at Thanksgiving and the one who threw roughly $260 million at Trump’s campaign while fawning over him on X and in person. So which pesky investigations and regulations is Musk probably free of now that his bestie is headed to the White House? For starters, perhaps he’ll get out from under the alphabet soup of agencies looking into Tesla’s so-called full self-driving system, or FSD. Musk has promised a vision of a completely autonomous hands-free Tesla since 2013 . It’s not a vision that has ever come true. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has twice required Tesla to recall FSD because of the system’s bad habit of ignoring traffic laws, including being programmed to run stop signs at slow speeds. In October, the agency opened another inquiry after the company reported four crashes, one of which killed a pedestrian, when FSD was used in low-visibility conditions like fog. The issue isn’t just that FSD is unsafe. It’s also that Tesla hoovered up cash by selling a product that basically doesn’t exist. Tesla owners filed a class-action lawsuit in 2022 alleging the company defrauded them by charging $15,000 for an FSD package that didn’t result in a Tesla being able to drive itself successfully. Tesla’s defense? Full self-driving is merely an aspirational goal, so a failure to provide it isn’t a deliberate fraud—just bad luck. Perhaps that’s the same excuse Tesla would have trotted out in response to the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into whether the company committed wire fraud by deceiving consumers about FSD’s capabilities and securities fraud by deceiving investors. Trump named former reality show star and former Congressman Sean Duffy to head the Department of Transportation, of which NHTSA is a part, and tapped one of his impeachment defense attorneys, Pam Bondi, to head the DOJ after Matt Gaetz’s nomination flamed out. There’s no reason to think either of these people will grow a spine and continue investigating “ first buddy ” Elon Musk or Tesla. Trump’s election also probably gives SpaceX breathing room. Musk’s private space company, which receives literal billions in government money, hasn’t been terribly interested in following government rules. In September, the Environmental Protection Agency fined SpaceX $148,378 for dumping industrial wastewater and pollutants into wetlands near its Texas launch site. The company paid that fine, albeit with some whining about how it was “disappointing” to pay when it disagreed with the allegations, but it’s planning on challenging the recent $633,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration. The regulatory agency proposed the fine after two launches in 2023 where the company allegedly didn’t get FAA approval for launch procedure changes and didn’t follow license requirements. This isn’t SpaceX’s first run-in with the FAA. The aerospace company paid a $175,000 fine in October 2023 over not submitting required safety data to the agency before a 2022 launch of Starlink satellites. After an April 2023 launch where one of the company’s rockets blew up shortly after takeoff, sending debris over South Texas, the FAA required the agency to make dozens of changes before another launch. Like the NHTSA, the FAA is part of the Transportation Department. Sean Duffy’s past as an airline industry lobbyist doesn’t inspire confidence that he’ll take a hard line against SpaceX. And as far as whether the EPA will continue to pose any problems for Musk? Under Trump, that agency will be run by former GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin, whose primary qualification seems to be hating EPA regulations . He’s voted against replacing lead water pipes and cleaning up brownfields and sees his mission at the EPA as pursuing “energy dominance.” Again, not exactly someone who will bring the hammer down on Musk or his companies. Musk is also in hot water with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the possibility he delayed disclosing his acquisition of Twitter stock in 2022. Investors must disclose when they accumulate 5% of a publicly traded company, a requirement that ostensible super-genius Musk says he misunderstood somehow. Under President Joe Biden, current SEC chair Gary Gensler has aggressively pursued enforcement efforts, a trend in no way expected to continue under whoever Trump picks. Lightning round! Musk tried hard to violate a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission by giving “Twitter Files” writers improper access to user data, but he was thwarted by Twitter employees who actually followed the order. He’s faced numerous unfair labor practices claims and been investigated multiple times by the National Labor Relations Board, so he’s suing to have the board declared unconstitutional . He lost out on $885 million in government subsidies after the Federal Communications Commission found that Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, couldn’t meet the speed metrics for the government’s rural broadband program. Luckily for the multibillionaire, the incoming head of the FCC is a pal of Musk’s who thinks it is “ regulatory harassment ” to require Starlink to meet program requirements. Musk will also have the advantage of helming a newly invented entity, the cringily titled Department of Government Efficiency (aka DOGE—ugh), that can put his rivals under a microscope. DOGE’s co-head, fellow tech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, has already said he’ll examine a government loan to Rivian, a competing electric vehicle manufacturer, calling the loan “a political shot across the bow at Elon Musk and Tesla.” Though DOGE is not an actual department—you need Congress to create one of those—and cannot slash spending directly, Musk could still suggest to Trump that government funding of fiber optic cables in rural areas be gutted . This would leave satellite services like Starlink as the only option for some rural consumers—an option either those consumers or the government would then have to pay for. Until Trump was elected in 2016, it was impossible to imagine giving billionaires like Musk so much opportunity to use the levers of government to openly and directly benefit themselves. Now that Trump has won a second term in office, Musk is just one of many oligarchs looking forward to an extremely lucrative four years. It’s lucky for them—but terrible for the rest of us.No. 10 Marquette remains undefeated with convincing win over Western Carolina

SIOUX FALLS — The Summit League announced its 2024 Volleyball All-Summit League teams Saturday morning, and five Coyotes were represented on the teams in Kamryn Farris, Kylen Sealock, Avery Van Hook, Lauren Medeck and Morgan Bode Farris was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year and is joined on the All-League team by Kylen Sealock, who earned her second straight All-League honor. After earning a spot on the all-freshman team a year ago, Avery Van Hook was an All-League Honorable Mention this year after pacing the conference in assists and assists per set. Lauren Medeck and Morgan Bode were named to the Summit League’s All-Freshman team. During Summit League play, Farris led all players in digs with 347 and digs per set at 5.26. Farris tallied double-digit digs in all 16 conference matches and 20 or more in six matches. Farris set a career-high and new South Dakota four-set match program record with 38 digs against St. Thomas on November 14. Farris put together a four-match stretch at the end of October where she notched 20 or more digs in all four contests, a 23.0 digs per match average, and helped the Yotes to a 3-1 record over that stretch of play. Farris also tallied 23 aces during the conference season and 89 assists. Sealock had the third most kills among Summit League hitters with 241 and held the third highest kills per set average at 3.77. Sealock put away double-digit kills in 13 of 16 conference matches and has hit the 10-kill mark in each of the last 12 matches. Sealock matched her career-high of 21 kills on a .367 swing rate in a five-set win over North Dakota on October 10. She had four matches with a hitting percentage greater than .275 and twice she swung at a .300 or higher clip. Sealock totaled 22 blocks, four solo, 37 digs and a .203 attack rate. Van Hook paced the Summit League in assists and assists per set throughout the season, ending the conference regular season with 689 assists and a 10.44 assist per set average. Van Hook matched a season-high of 54 assists in the Yotes match at St. Thomas on November 14, the second time she dished out 54 helpers in a match this season (vs. Montana St. 9/13). Van Hook also ranks ninth in the conference in total digs with 196 and in digs per set at 2.97. She recorded a double-double in 12 of 16 conference matches with assists and digs. Van Hook notched 66 kills herself and held an attacking percentage of .247. In her freshman season, Medeck ranked No. 12 in the conference with 182 kills and 12 in kills per set at 2.76. Medeck put away double-digit kills in eight of 16 conference matches, including a career-high tying 20 at South Dakota State on October 22. Medeck helped the Yotes to a 3-0 sweep over Oral Roberts on November 11 as she put away 10 kills, with no errors, for a .526 hitting percentage. She recorded seven double-doubles during the conference slate, all with kills and digs, and dug up a career-high 27 attacks to go with 16 kills against St. Thomas on November 14. Medeck was second on USD with 192 digs, 3.10 per set, and had 30 blocks (2.0 solo) during the conference season. Bode was a force in the middle all season long for the Coyotes, leading the team with 78.0 blocks (14 solo) during Summit League action. Bode’s 78 total blocks led conference players, while her 14 solo rejections rank No. 3 and her 1.18 blocks per set is third. Bode had 114 terminations on a .239 hitting percentage and also tallied 15 aces. Bode had three matches with double-digit kills, including a career-best 15 against North Dakota State on October 19 while holding a .444 swing rate. Bode also tallied seven blocks (two solo) in the win over the Bison. Bode tallied multiple blocks in 14 straight matches to end the season. South Dakota is the No. 3 seed in the Summit League Tournament and will face host team and No. 6 seed Kansas City Sunday night at 6 p.m. in Kansas City, Missouri. 2024 Individual Awards (as selected by The Summit League head coaches) Player of the Year Sylvie Zgonc, South Dakota State Setter of the Year Morgan Kealy, St. Thomas Defensive Player of the Year Kamryn Farris, South Dakota Freshman of the Year Madison Burr, South Dakota State Coach of the Year Dan Georgalas, South Dakota State All-League Team Cassie Davis, Denver, OH Kaia Dunford, Kansas City, OH Ali Hinze, North Dakota State, OH McKenna Ruch, Omaha, MB Kali Jurgensmeier, Omaha, OH Kylen Sealock, South Dakota, OH Kamryn Farris, South Dakota, DS Sylvie Zgonc, South Dakota State, OH Sydni Schetnan, South Dakota State, RS/MB Megan Wetter, St. Thomas, MB Lauren Galvin, St. Thomas, OH Morgan Kealy, St. Thomas, S Honorable Mention Molly Mirabelli, Denver, MB Shayla McCormick, Omaha, OH Avery Van Hook, South Dakota, S Madison Burr, South Dakota State, RS/MB Ella Voegele, St. Thomas, DS/L Tezra Rudzitis, St. Thomas, OH/RS All-Freshman Team Jamia Johnson, Denver, OH Vanessa Imoh, North Dakota, OH/RS Anzley Rinard, Oral Roberts, OH Lauren Medeck, South Dakota, OH Morgan Bode, South Dakota, MB Madison Burr, South Dakota State, MB/RS Addie Schmotzer, St. Thomas, MBFreiburg survives late onslaught to beat Wolfsburg in Bundesliga thrillerHyderabad Jana Sena Party president and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan, whose aggressive campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the just concluded Maharashtra assembly elections resulted in a resounding victory in several constituencies, is turning out to be a virtual brand ambassador for the BJP, said analysts. As the election results in Maharashtra on Saturday indicated, the BJP won in almost all the constituencies, including Ballarpur, Deglur, Pune, Solapur, Latur and Nanded, where Pawan Kalyan campaigned last week. “He had drawn huge crowds wherever he campaigned. Such was the response to his rabble-rousing speeches from the people that there were requests from the BJP candidates in other adjacent constituencies for his campaign,” said a Jana Sena Party leader on condition of anonymity. The way Pawan Kalyan propagated the concepts of Sanatan Dharma, nationalism combined with regionalism and spirit of Shivaji Maharaj, supported abrogation of Article 370 and raised slogans such as “Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji,” projected him as a true symbol of the right-wing ideology. Political analyst Ramu Suravajjula said that the election results in Maharashtra positioned Pawan Kalyan as a prominent advocate for implementing the BJP’s ideological vision. “The BJP, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi, used Pawan Kalyan’s latest avatar as an unapologetic Sanatani to consolidate the Hindu vote bank in Maharashtra. He lived up to the expectations of Modi and Sangh,” he said. He added that the resounding victory of NDA candidates for whom the Jana Sena Party chief campaigned hard increased his bond with Modi and the right-wing brigade. “Pawan Kalyan may make use of the latest camaraderie and positive image at national level for the benefit of Andhra Pradesh and also for his own political future,” he said. In fact, Pawan Kalyan has been a long-time ally of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh and the party declared him as their chief ministerial candidate before it joined the Telugu Desam Party-led by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to contest the May 2024 assembly elections together and come to power in the state. However, before or during the Andhra elections, Pawan Kalyan had never adopted the right-wing ideology so strongly as he started doing after the assembly elections. He began sporting saffron clothes now and then, talking about protection of Sanatan Dharma aggressively and condemning the sacrilege of Hindu temples in Bangladesh and Pakistan. After the controversial episode of adulteration of ghee used for making of Tirupati laddu, Pawan Kalyan took up deeksha (penance) and called for the establishment of Sanatan Dharma Parirakshana Board to liberate the temple from politicians. On November 2, Pawan Kalyan announced the formation of a new party wing, named Narasimha Varahi Brigade, dedicated to the protection of Sanatana Dharma in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Suravajjula said the BJP obviously sees Pawan Kalyan as a critical ally for amplifying its agenda in Andhra Pradesh, especially in a future scenario involving simultaneous national and state elections. “Though Naidu is also a strong alliance partner of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh, he is seemingly reluctant to push the BJP’s ideological agenda. So, the BJP wants to make use of Pawan Kalyan to carry its message to the grassroots,” he said. However, there are limitations for the BJP in promoting Pawan Kalyan ahead of Naidu in Andhra Pradesh. “First, it is Pawan Kalyan alone who is speaking the language of the right-wing brigade and not other leaders of his party. So far, none of his colleagues in Jana Sena has made any statement in support of his Hindutva ideology,” Suravajjula added. Secondly, Jana Sena Party comprises leaders who defected from other political parties, including the Congress, TDP and YSR Congress party and so, they are from different ideological backgrounds who joined the Jana Sena Party for their political needs. They would not like to carry Pawan Kalyan’s saffron agenda, experts said. Thirdly, Hindutva-based politics has never worked out in Andhra Pradesh, which is more caste oriented. Apart from his filmy image, Pawan Kalyan has the huge support base of Kapu community, which has more than 15% vote bank in the state. There is no guarantee that his new brand image of Sanatani will get traction from the Kapu community in the next elections, analysts added. “However, the clout Pawan Kalyan has created as a Sanatani helps him as a highly reliable friend among the NDA partners. Maharashtra results brought name and fame to him at a national level. It will be interesting to see whether this new image will fetch him any electoral gains in Andhra Pradesh,” Suravajjula added.